{"id":42081,"date":"2014-04-28T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=42081"},"modified":"2015-05-05T21:35:04","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T20:35:04","slug":"criminal-investigation-of-nobel-peace-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2014\/04\/criminal-investigation-of-nobel-peace-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal Investigation of Nobel Peace Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

Media Release<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lund and Oslo<\/em>, April 23, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n

The management of the Nobel Peace Prize has become a case for the Norwegian police, following a request for criminal investigation from 16 prominent Scandinavians, parliamentarians, lawyers, authors and peace activists, 10 Swedes and 6 Norwegians, to the authority on economic crime, the \u00d8KOKRIM. The move is based on the research of Norwegian lawyer Fredrik S. Heffermehl who in his books has called for respect for Alfred Nobel and the peace plan he wished to support. — In his last years Nobel joined the peace movement and wished to support financially its idea of co-operation on disarmament to replace military force and forces. The Norwegian Parliament appoints the five-member selection committee that must step down and be replaced by people who favor the idea of the prize,\u201d says Heffermehl. He claims that his demands through 6 years, and even an order in March 2012 from the Swedish Foundations Authority have not led the awarders to show any interest in Nobel and what he really wanted. This is unlawful and criminal, and the requested police investigation comes as a last resort to secure justice for \u201cthe champions of peace\u201d Nobel specified in his will.<\/p>\n

The letter of accusation points in particular to Thorbj\u00f8rn Jagland, the chair of the Nobel Committee and the incumbent Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and to Geir Lundestad, the powerful secretary of the committee. \u201cThe laws must be respected also by politicians, it is particularly worrisome that the Nobel awarders act as if they were above the law and seem to feel confident that society will not enforce the law against them,\u201d says Sweden\u00b4s Tomas Magnusson, a former president of the International Peace Bureau. \u201cIgnoring dissent and mowing down dissidents is a dangerous path to embark on. If we allow such norms to become political standard, how much democracy do we then have?\u201d<\/p>\n

CONTACTS: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Fredrik S. Heffermehl (Norway) fredpax@online.no<\/a> Phone: +47 917 44 783<\/p>\n

Tomas Magnusson (Sweden) gosta.tomas@gmail.com<\/a> Phone: +46\u00a0708 29 31 97<\/p>\n

FURTHER INFO:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Foundations Authority decision, books etc.: http:\/\/www.nobelwill.org<\/a><\/p>\n

THE 16 SIGNERS OF THE REQUEST FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS ARE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anna-Lisa Bj\u00f6rneberg, Sweden, chair of Fredsam (Gothenburg),<\/p>\n

Nils Christie, Norway, professor, University of Oslo<\/p>\n

Erik Dammann, Norway, founder \u201cFuture in our hands,\u201d Oslo<\/p>\n

Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Norway, professor, University of Oslo<\/p>\n

St\u00e5le Eskeland, Norway, professor of criminal law, University of Oslo<\/p>\n

Erni Friholt, Sweden, Peace movement of Orust<\/p>\n

Ola Friholt, Sweden, Peace movement of Orust<\/p>\n

Gunnar Garbo, Norway, ex MP, leader of Venstre<\/em>, the Liberal Party<\/p>\n

Fredrik S. Heffermehl, Norway, lawyer and author on the Nobel Peace Prize<\/p>\n

Lars-Gunnar Liljestrand, Sweden, Chair of the Association of FiB lawyers<\/p>\n

Tomas Magnusson, Sweden, ex President, International Peace Bureau<\/p>\n

Birger Schlaug, Sweden, author, ex MP<\/p>\n

S\u00f6ren Sommelius, Sweden, author and culture journalist<\/p>\n

Maj-Britt Theorin, Sweden, ex President, International Peace Bureau<\/p>\n

Gunnar Westberg, Sweden, Professor, ex Co-President IPPNW (Nobel peace prize 1985)<\/p>\n

Jan \u00d6berg,TFF, Sweden, Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research.<\/p>\n

____________________________<\/p>\n

Fredrik S. Heffermehl, cand. jur, LLM NYU, is a member of the TRANSCEND Network and ex-Vice President of the International Peace Bureau. He is the author of <\/em>The Nobel Peace Prize, What Nobel Really Wanted<\/em> (Praeger, 2010)<\/em>fredpax@online.no<\/a> – http:\/\/www.nobelwill.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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